Total Gun Ban Set in Pangasinan for Pistay Dayat and Palarong Pambansa

LINGAYEN-A provincewide gun ban will be implemented in Pangasinan for the duration of Pistay Dayat and Palarong Pambansa from April 27 to May 15 this year to secure the safety of visiting guests and participants to the said events.

This developed as the Sangguniang Panlalawigan asked Pangasinan Provincial Police Office Acting Provincial Director P/Supt. Michael M. Nicolas to submit a letter recommending to the Philippine National Police the implementation of gun ban in Pangasinan during the celebration of the Pistay Dayat and the holding of the Palarong Pambansa 2012 which will be hosted by Pangasinan.

During the regular session held on April 23 at the SP Hall in Lingayen, Board Member Jeremy Agerico Rosario, author of Provincial Resolution no. 1265-2012, noted that although the province is generally stable and peaceful, it is the primordial concern of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan that security and orderliness be provided.

Rosario said that Pangasinan is expecting thousands of athletes, delegates, dignitaries guests and other spectators who will be participating and witnessing said events especially the Palarong Pambansa , a national athletics competition involving elementary and high school students from both the public and private schools covering the 17 regions of the country. 

Considering the magnitude of the holding of these special events, Rosario and other members of the SP said the PNP should enforce measures and prescribe guidelines to ensure the maintenance of peace and order in the province.

After thorough deliberations, the provincial board is expected to approve the proposed resolution pending the approval of the letter from the PPO favorably endorsing to PNP Chief Nicanor Bartolome the proposal for the implementation of a provincewide gun ban in Pangasinan to secure the safety of visiting guests for the Pistay Dayat celebration and the athletes and delegates for the Palarong Pambansa.